Major League Soccer: Colorado Rapids - Atlanta United preview and the hard facts

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Competition: USA Major League Soccer
Competition: Sat 05.March
Match begins: 23:00 (UTC)
Venue: Dick's Sporting Goods Park (19680 seats)

It's game two of the Major League Soccer campaign and all to play for. Check out our full preview of Colorado Rapids-Atlanta United!

It should be mentioned that Atlanta United play their home matches on artifical turf, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on grass. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Atlanta United on grass are 8 victories, 7 draws and 15 defeats from 30 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 38-51. You can compare this with overall results below.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 2200 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Colorado Rapids form and stats

In the previous season, Colorado Rapids's league statistics were 17 wins, 10 draws and 7 losses, leading to 1st place in the Major League Soccer. Over these 34 matches they scored 51 goals and conceded 35. Appearing at home in the last season Colorado Rapids generated 9-7-1 (win-draw-lost) with 31 goals and 14 conceded.

Badji was the last player to score a league goal for Colorado and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Colorado Rapids haven't scored in 191 minutes.

No payout for Colorado Rapids in their previous match, an away game at Los Angeles FC that ended in defeat 0-3. Midfield player Price got a match rating of 7.12 in that game, the max score being 10. Price dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 73 successful passes (of 83 total).

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Colorado Rapids handle that role? We have found ten games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are four wins, three draws and three defeats.

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Atlanta United form and stats

Let's have a look at how Atlanta United performed last season in the Major League Soccer: They landed a 5th position in the league table after playing out 13 victories, 12 draws and 9 defeats. In total they scored 45 and conceded 37 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 7 and lost 6 with 20/23 goals scored/conceded.

Atlanta United had fun at their own home (Dick's Sporting Goods Park) last time out, beating Sporting KC 3-1. Dwyer, Wiley and Araújo scored. The attacker Martínez got a match rating of 7.81 in that game. Martínez served one assist and hit two key passes.

A 0-2 defeat away at New York City before that.

Atlanta are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is three wins, five draws and nine defeats. From a total of 17 matches.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): Colorado Rapids zero wins, zero draws and Atlanta United three victories. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Atlanta UnitedL. de Araujo Guimarães Neto
L. de Araujo Guimarães Neto
1 goals
Atlanta UnitedD. Dwyer
D. Dwyer
1 goals
Atlanta UnitedC. Wiley
C. Wiley
1 goals

Colorado Rapids missing players

Atlanta United missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Colorado Rapids Atlanta United
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 3
3 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 1
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
5 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 4
6 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 4
1 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
7 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 13
1 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 6
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 50%
 
16 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 13
7 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 1
Colorado Rapids Last season Atlanta United
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
35 18   Played P   18 35
17 9   Won W   4 13
10 7   Drew D   7 12
8 2   Lost L   7 10
51 31   Scored S   20 45
36 15   Conceded C   25 39
91% 89%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   89% 91%
74% 83%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   78% 69%
46% 39%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   50% 46%
26% 22%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   22% 26%
6% 11%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   11% 9%
51% 56%   BTTS BTTS   61% 51%
37% 39%   Clean Sheets C S   17% 29%
20% 17%   Failed to Score F T   33% 29%
 
5 5.2   Corners for (avg) C F   4.2 4.9
4.3 3.6   Corners against (avg) C A   5.9 4.6
2.1 1.8   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.2 1.9
2 0   Red cards R C   4 4
 
13.5 14.2   Shots (avg) S (   11.3 13.5
4.4 4.4   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.7 4.8
33% 39%   Goal Efficiency G E   30% 27%
 
12.7 10.5   Shots against (avg) S A   14.3 13.2
4.3 3.2   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.6 4.8

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Austin 1 1 0 0 5 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3
2 Los Angeles FC 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
3 LA Galaxy 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
4 Nashville SC 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
5 Portland Timbers 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
6 Dallas 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
7 Minnesota United 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
8 Houston Dynamo 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Real Salt Lake 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
10 Seattle Sounders 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
11 SJ Earthquakes 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
12 Sporting KC 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0
13 Colorado Rapids 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0
14 Vancouver Whitecaps 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 -4 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Colorado Rapids 34 17 10 7 51 35 17 9 7 1 31 14 17 8 3 6 20 21 16 61
2 Seattle Sounders 34 17 9 8 53 33 17 8 5 4 28 15 17 9 4 4 25 18 20 60
3 Sporting KC 34 17 7 10 58 40 17 9 5 3 32 17 17 8 2 7 26 23 18 58
4 Portland Timbers 34 17 4 13 56 52 17 11 2 4 35 22 17 6 2 9 21 30 4 55
5 Minnesota United 34 13 10 11 42 44 17 10 3 4 24 14 17 3 7 7 18 30 -2 49
6 Vancouver Whitecaps 34 12 13 9 45 45 17 10 3 4 25 17 17 2 10 5 20 28 0 49
7 Real Salt Lake 34 14 6 14 55 54 17 9 4 4 30 21 17 5 2 10 25 33 1 48
8 LA Galaxy 34 13 9 12 50 54 17 8 5 4 29 22 17 5 4 8 21 32 -4 48
9 Los Angeles FC 34 12 9 13 53 51 17 8 6 3 34 23 17 4 3 10 19 28 2 45
10 SJ Earthquakes 34 10 11 13 46 54 17 5 5 7 25 24 17 5 6 6 21 30 -8 41
11 Dallas 34 7 12 15 47 56 17 5 7 5 25 21 17 2 5 10 22 35 -9 33
12 Austin 34 9 4 21 35 56 17 7 2 8 27 25 17 2 2 13 8 31 -21 31
13 Houston Dynamo 34 6 12 16 36 54 17 6 6 5 21 22 17 0 6 11 15 32 -18 30

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Austin 1 1 0 0 5 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3
2 Los Angeles FC 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
3 LA Galaxy 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
4 Nashville SC 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
5 Portland Timbers 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
6 Dallas 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
7 Minnesota United 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
8 Houston Dynamo 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Real Salt Lake 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
10 Seattle Sounders 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
11 SJ Earthquakes 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
12 Sporting KC 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0
13 Colorado Rapids 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0
14 Vancouver Whitecaps 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 -4 0

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